Rochdale Hall of Fame

Born in Rochdale in 1973, Kieran has played numerous parts as minor characters on TV, including a small part in the Street as Craig Lee in 1993...

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Jim Allen (born near Rochdale on 7 October 1926) was a left-wing television and screenwriter of scenes from working-class life, often associated with the realist films of...

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John Bright (1811-1889) Due to fierce competition from cheap imported foreign corn in the early 19th century, wealthy and influential gentlemen farmers had lobbied the...

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Born in Rochdale in 1970. Former Granada reporter and presenter. Ginny is now a presenter for Sky news. ...

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Gracie Fields (1898-1979) [Grace Stansfield] b. Rochdale, England. By the time she made her film debut in 1931, 'Our Gracie' was already a star of the music hall and a...

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Anna Friel was born on 12th July 1976 ,from Rochdale, North West England Anna Friel has come a long way since her spell in Brookside. Her character was involved in a s...

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Jack Howarth was born in Rochdale, Lancashire on 19th February 1896, the son of comic Bert Howarth. He lived at 96 Mitchell Street, Rochdale and was educated at Board Cou...

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Rochdale, where he was born in 1959, triggered in Andy a curiosity he has never lost. Musically, his horizons were opened up by an early obsession with Bob Dylan. Tracing...

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Younger sister of more famous brother Andy, Liz was born and raised in Rochdale and like Andy went to Leeds University before following him into the entertainment busines...

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After leaving school Bob trained in Drama and soon after graduation made his professional debut. He has been acting since the early seventies and is a familiar face on te...

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Bill Oddie was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, on 7th July 1941, but was brought up in Birmingham. He appeared in several Cambridge Footlights productions, one of which - C...

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Arthur Pentelow was born in Rochdale on 14th February 1924. He is best known as Henry Wilkes in Emmerdale Farm, whom he played from the series inception in 1972. Ar...

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Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale on 28th June 1928. He first came to the public's notice as the newly elected Member of Parliament for Rochdale in the 1972 General El...

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Lisa Jane Stansfield was born April 11, 1966, in Manchester, England, but was raised in Rochdale after she moved with her family at age 11. Lisa has an elder sister, ...

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Born in Rochdale on the 3rd of March 1946, John Virgo is perhaps best known nowadays as a television personality on the BBC. However, during the late 1970s and 1980s, he ...

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